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Yeah, we need to call out ASAN for this, unfortunately.

ASAN currently has campaigns that are trying to promote the idea that we should get rid of things like guardianship and GPS tracking bands, even for people who actually need them.

It's sad to see ASAN fumble this kind of thing, since they were meant to be the opposite of Autism Speaks. But while AS has issues with neurotypical people speaking over autistic people, ASAN has an issue with lower support needs people speaking over higher support needs people.

While guardianship can certainly be a problem, the answer is not to get rid of guardianship entirely. It would be to change the laws to minimize the risk of abuse.

What ASAN aims to do is to end guardianship entirely and replace it with "supported decision-making agreements." Which not only would not solve the issue that ASAN is trying to solve, but actively make things WORSE for people who truly need guardianship.

ASAN claims that people will be able to just simply enter an agreement with their state government on whether or not they need assistance. This is purely wishful thinking. This ignores several issues facing how the government as a whole views and treats disabled people.

Your government could still put you under a Supported Decision-Making Agreement against your will by claiming you're not mentally fit enough disagree on your own terms.

Supported Decision-Making Agreements could be put under the same conditions and restrictions as government services such as disability benefits. You could be scrutinized and denied an agreement because you're deemed to be "not disabled enough."

You can still be persuaded or forced by your abuser to enter a Supported Decision-Making Agreement with them, and your abuser can still make you unable to terminate the agreement.

Someone who is non-verbal or has an intellectual disability that makes them unable to understand the process of initiating a Supported Decision-Making Agreement will be unable to get one, since many government processes require a verbal confirmation from the person for security reasons, and someone cannot set up a Supported Decision-Making Agreement on behalf of the person. This means a non-verbal person or an intellectually disabled person with high support needs will be unable to make important medical arrangements or legal decisions.

The above also is true for someone who is physically unable to sign their agreement contract or physically unable to leave their home or even their bed.

People who have, as ASAN puts it, "mental health disabilities, dementia, and other disabilities that change how they think" (paraphrasing) can refuse a Supported Decision-Making Agreement believing that they don't need one, even though they need to live with someone who can keep them grounded in reality, keep them from canceling perscriptions or doctors appointments they need, keep them from hurting themselves or others. If they end up in a mental health crisis, because they don't have a guardian, they could end up in a psychiatric facility against their will, in prison, or killed if someone calls the police on them.

As it stands ASAN has not addressed these issues with theirSupported Decision-Making Agreement plan and how they intend to make to accessible to non-verbal people and intellectually and physically disabled people with high support needs, or to prevent someone who is not of sound mind from denying the agreement they need.

This video also highlights how important it is for people who need guardianship to have guardianship, and the restrictions that not having a guardianship can cause, and what can happen to people who need a guardianship when they don't have one.

I urge you, especially with Disability Pride Month on the horizon, to email ASAN and call them out for not considering higher support needs people and speaking on their behalf.

Steven J. Demetriou, guest 92 of 93 as photographed by Backgrid

He is the executive chair of Amentum, a company that provides engineering and technology to the USA’s army and nuclear programs. They operate the most test and training ranges of any contractor if their site is to be believed.

It appears they run the East Montana concentration camp, the largest in the USA. While much of the abuse, including sexual and physical abuse, occurred under the camp’s previous contractor, Acquisition Logistics, the ACLU has confirmed Amentum was WORKING AS SUBCONTRACTORS at the East Montana camp during this time. Amentum's current role as sole contractor from March onwards proves no less deadly, with 2 overdoses with the intent to commit suicide from inhumane conditions. Representative Escobar confirmed nothing has changed since Amentum’s takeover. Lawyers representing prisoners report being unable to reach their clients.

The following conditions are BY DESIGN, as "Guards tell people detained at Camp East Montana who complain about conditions that if they do not like the conditions, they should self-deport." Civil Detention Centers are not supposed to be punitive. This is only a civil detention center on paper. It is a concentration camp.

The ACLU lists: I already linked this but I'm doing it again bc if you read one source, it should be this one.

Medical neglect, including for people with pregnancies, diabetes, cancer, and HIV.

Severe beatings. One man was beaten to death for requesting his asthma medication.

solitary confinement

unclean water

Tuberculosis and Measles outbreaks

Limited to no sunlight

no or limited hygiene products

rotten food, not enough food, no special diets for medical conditions

SEXUAL ASSAULT

No ventilation in a DESERT leading to lung damage

Not enough toilets, overflow often, whole tent smells of urine and feces

No privacy to use said toilet

Threats and beatings for those that refuse to sign deportation papers, sometimes to places they are NOT FROM

No activities, punished for attempting to make art from recycled items like cracker boxes, can only practice own religion at guards' discretion

no dental care. This is likely universal across US concentration camps. Note Emmanuel Damas, the Haitian immigrant that died from a dental infection due to lack of care

Unable to receive legal representation if not already represented

LOCATED ON FORMER JAPANESE DETENTION CAMP BECAUSE TIME IS A FUCKING CIRCLE

Taylor Swift's guest is directly responsible for these. This is the LARGEST CONCENTRATION CAMP IN THE US, made to hold 5000 people. He's not just any ICE contractor he is the biggest and baddest. At least this will get people talking about just HOW bad this camp is.

my best friend omu ( @omu-lette , who I'm posting for bc they aren't super active for lack of energy) is currently trapped living with abusive and neglectful family right now after finishing their graduating year of art college & is insecurely housed !!! the college has withheld accommodation making xem more disabled & they are often starved , forced to raise their parents baby , having medical care/access revoked , and harassed . right now xe have a tooth rotting that NEEDS treatment asap & is causing a sinus infection !! this is all on top of bigotry from family and worsening disability. they have no energy for self care or school/work after being forced to do so much labour . omu needs help being able to get food , saving up to escape , and paying for medical care that would dramatically improve their ability to help themself and enter the job market on a good footing for success . please help my bff by reblogging & donating even 1$ !!! (don't just like) and be a part of helping the black queer community 💗

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They don't like our rainbows, they don't like cosplay or costumes, they don't like cultural festivals.

Like... fun for them has very strict rules. Like it can't be too outlandish, it has to be about the country or have religion attached to it somehow, there's an itinerary. Like... the Freedom 250 thing has a baptism pool. The fun has to be a specific way or its out of line.

I'm in a picture with my friends, having fun at a parade in our dance costumes (which no one seems to complain about when they're on a stage) and they're like... "freak show," "lunatics," etc... and its like... yes? And?

Its a parade, youre supposed to provide a spectacle or you end up like the Christmas parade we were too queer to be in. (It was a requirement by the organizers to have the float themed around the birth of christ somehow. It was the saddest parade ever and I dont know why i wanted to be in it so bad.)

I bring my colorful flow props to everything. People spit on me, tell me im going to hell, preach at me while im just vibing. Like they see all the fun im having and have a visceral reaction to it. Like... how dare I make my lifestyle look fun and carefree in front of the impressionable youths? (My lifestyle is fun and carefree! I have a life that I love outside of my sexuality, but I also love being out and queer.)

A comment thats going to stick with me for awhile was 'i don't care if they're gay, but why do they have to be weird?'

And like... i am weird, yeah. For sure! But children's media for most of my young years was about embracing weirdness, so i figured it was okay. Plus, performers are often weird.

Im having fun in a way that doesn't fall into the three acceptable categories of fun: faith, country, or family.

Read more books. Read more reviews. Pay closer attention to the TV shows and movies you watch. In other words, take note of how each story progresses. Think more deeply about why you like a story or why you don't.

like, why is the one from West and South Asia the one they get consistently wrong ?? idk if I'm thinking too deeply about this but it has always bothered me a lot. I feel like it reveals which cultures are actually worth respecting by who gets their food named correctly

(oh also I live in the anglosphere not Europe and I've noticed this here so it's not like they're having an easier time naming the European breads because it's from their own cultures or anything)

My friend Mickie (@frivolousfuckery)’s ex-boyfriend is making their life hell. A few days ago, he withheld custody of their child after an agreed-upon swap, and proceeded to file false allegations against them which resulted in the loss of their housing and job.

As of today, he also doesn’t have the baby, because in the process of trying to incriminate Mickie (getting the baby examined at a hospital for a second time), he accidentally incriminated himself — the baby was found to have broken ribs which the baby did not the first time they went to the hospital, and he had custody of the baby the whole time between the two hospital visits.

However, the state won’t give the baby back to Mickie because they are now homeless. So, we need to help them get back on their feet. The first step is that they need $160 by Tuesday, June 23 for a car. Once they have a car, they can look for a job and housing (and of course, they’ll need help affording food etc. until that time).

Car (June 23 deadline): $160/$160!

General living expenses: $0/$500

My posts about them keep getting hundreds of reblogs, but only a handful of donations. I know not everyone can afford to donate, but if you have a spare $5 or $10, please send it to them — small donations add up. Anything helps.

If you donate, venmo and cashapp are preferred bc they can access the money immediately without having to pay a withdrawal fee that way.

Venmo: @enbymickie

Cashapp: $enbymickie

i hate to do this again so soon but my sister just got robbed and they took her phone, documents and a shit ton of money, right on the week where we have to pay the bills. we really need help with this, especially since she's going through midterms in college right now. any help would be greatly appreciated

p*yp*l: [email protected]